Hi there, same arc as last time. I really suck at these types of things. Comment if u want.
"Boom" the first of the many explosions went off, waking me from my fitful dreams. I jolted up, as the second one sounded. The wail of an infant could be heard from a nearby home. Swinging my legs over the side of the bed, I stood up. Getting my bag from under the bed, I started packing everything I owned. Leaving the things that I didn't need wasn't hard.
I changed into the loose fitting Suna robes, while throwing a heavy travelling cloak over top. The guards would be preoccupied with the invasion, giving me the perfect chance to 'escape'. I wrote a scribbled down a note, thanking my hosts.
Shutting the front door quietly, I slipped into the empty streets. The moon was full, except for a round hole cut out in the middle. I saw Deidara's bird hovering in the sky, engaged in a duel with the Kazekage. Keeping my head down, I walked quietly throughout the streets until I came to the east gate. As I expected, there were guards at their post. I gulped, remembering that the sand's strategy was quality, not quantity.
I held my breath as the now familar sensation of becoming literally invisable to the naked eye. This alternate reality has done strange things to me. Some would've almost called it adaptation or mutation. While I wondered if we were born with the potential, but never needed to use it, as there was no need for us to develop it.
Scooping up a rock about the size of an egg, I threw it so it would bounce of the wall in the opposite direction I was travelling. The guards looked in the direction of the sound the stone made againest the wall. I keep my focus on the rock, making it whizz around a bit, before I let it drop; but not before I slipped through the guards and out the gate.
I was met with the gate, which opened at my command. This 'jutsu' I developed was known as telekinesis, in my world it was know to exist in the realm of fanasty and comic books.
I made my way through the desert, not caring if I died. If I did, I would be labled as a nameless corpse, buried as a 'Jane Doe'. But I would rather die here, in this God-forsaken place than under the command of the Akatsuki. My feet sank into the sand, but I kept on trudging on. To give up now, I would dishonour my Scot-Irish blood, and dishonour the men who founded the west.
I looked up into the moon, partly obsured by the Kazekage fighting for his village and his life. But I felt my head turn away in embarrassment and guilt. What I saw up there was my fault, not some thing I had no idea would happen.
When I walked far enough away, I reversed the invisability and continued on with my journey. It was a better idea to do the bulk (I hope) of the desert during night than during the day. I continued on, gaining distance and losing my sense of direction.
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The hot desert sun glared menically down at me. My feet felt like they were going to fall off, the robes were covering my fair skin, protecting it from the harsh rays of sunlight. A gust of wind blew my robes, sending some sand into my face. I raised my head, looking off into the direction where the wind came from.
I was met with another gust, stronger this time. Walking faster, now with some sort of natural preservence, I searched for some group of rocks to hide under. I wasn't sure if it was just wind, but my gut told me there was a storm coming. The way there wasn't any birds soaring through the sky, or even the rare desert cobra slithering across the sand. There wasn't a sound, and with the wind getting stronger, I felt it was a necessity to find shelter.
I searched with the same eyes I used to stare off into the distance when I was in the car. The ground was flat, letting you see miles and miles of golden fields. But now I used it scower the rolling dunes of the desert so far from my home.
I walked in the direction away from the wind, feeling it buffet across my body. It was getting stronger now, and the time betweeen gusts was getting much shorter. I swore, while walking faster, still scowering the dunes for a group of rocks large enough to hold a person.
Looking up into the sky, I felt my toe hit againest stone. I looked down at the large group of rocks, I almost walked into. Walking around the base of the outcropping, I searched for an entrance or a space large enough to fit myself and my pack into it. I found one close to where I started, slipping inside of it I checked for evidence of some other animal living here before me.
Seeing none, I opened up my pack and took a small sip of water out of one of my water skins. I looked out the entrance of the cave and saw the sand whipping around the desert. Leaning back in relief, I thanked whatever gods or beings there were out there.
I sighed, and took out my book of sonnets. 'Might as well get some reading done' I thought. My ears perked up as I heard a noise, it sounded like the soft mewl of a kitten, but the way it sounded...it almost sounded...human. Opening up my pack, I took out the bundle of rope that I packed. Tying one end around my waist, and the other on a staglemite, I walked out of the cave.
Immendiantly, I was hit with a gust of wind that almost blew me over. Following my ears, I felt my way across until I found a warm bundle. Taking it up into my arms, I felt for the body of the mother. Finding an ankle, I dragged it across the distance that I ventured out of the cave.
I found the entrance, thanks to the rope around my waist. Uncovering the small bundle, i found the small babe staring up at me with large blue eyes, it reached it's small chubby hand to my face, as I gently stroked it's face with my indext finger. Setting the babe down on my bedroll, I walked over to the mother.
She was a beautiful lady, with clear skin and dark brown hair that I could only guess, cascaded down her back in curls when she stood up. I checked to see if she was breathing, to my horror, she wasn't. Checking her pulse on her neck I found none. Opening her eye with my fingers, I saw a cloudy substance that rested above the iris and pupil. I felt her body to see if there was any type of injuries done by weapons, there was none. On a whim, I spread her legs, and was horrified by a heavy gush of thick blood rushing out of her vagina. It must have split open during labor, making her die of blood loss.
The harsh cry of the infant's hunger, jolted me out of my train of thought. Going through the woman's belongings, I found a small box of infant formula along with some coins. I mixed the formula, warming it over the small fire I built when I arrived.
"I guess you'll need a name." I told it. Picking it up genlty, I fed it the bottle, stopping every so often to burp it. Unwrapping the cloth, and opening one of the pins that held it's diaper closed, I found that it was a boy.
"How about I call you Ichigo? Or maybe, I'll name you joshua." I said, joking at the last part. He looked up into my eyes, with the trusting gaze of an infant. "I think you look like an Ichigo, so from here on out, you'll be Ichigo."
Ichigo started to cry softly, "Shhhh" I said,"I'm here, I'll protect you for as long as I can." I rocked him softly, trying not to jostle him too much.
"You'll have to forgive my singing, Ichigo. Okay?" I said quietly.
"Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lakes,
From the hill,
From the sky,
All is well,
Safely rest,
God is nigh." I sang softly, Ichigo still whimpered softly. I checked the area around his naval for infection. It seemed okay, like it was cut and healed by a medical ninga. But why would a medical ninga not help the mother, unless...she was a medical ninga that saved her child, while killing herself.
I laid him down softly on a smaller bed I prepared for him. My instincts, formed fierced protective urges towards him. As far as my insticts were concerned, he was the most important thing in the world at this moment. My heart felt the beginnings of love form, but my mind told me that I would have to find a place to leave the child so it wouldn't be in danger. But my body told me that it was too late, and that the infant would wake up in a couple of hours and that I would need all the rest I could get.
